Pail holder



Apri112,1932.' i R5 ROWE 1,854,069

FAIL HOLDER Filed Aug. 27, 1930 Patented Apr. 12, 1932 i 1 REUEL s.RowE, or RUTILAND, vnmvroiv'r .PAIL HOLDER Application filed August 27,1930. Serial No. 478,215.

This invention relates to a device for suspending paint pails fromladders. At present it is lcustomary for painters to stand on ladders inthe course of their work with their paint pails attached to the rung ofa ladder by means of a hook, attached to th'e lpail' handle. Howeverthis means of supporting a pail is found to be not only awkward andinconvenient because the center of the pail is beneath the ladder rungon which it is suspended and only one half of the pail is inside therung, and toward the painter, and therefore the present invention has asits primary object to provide a more eflfective and more desirable meansfor supporting a paint pail from a ladder rung.

Another object of the invention is to provide a paint pail suspendingattachment for a ladder which will be so construoted as to seswingingmovement thereof while paint is being removed therefrom by the paintefisbrush, or due to wind.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and specifically pointed out in the appended claim, it being understoodof course that minor changes may be made so long as they fall within thescope of the claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

F igure l is a view in elevation of the device applied to a paint pail,the device being illustrated as suspended from one rung of a ladder,which ladder is shown in section.

Figure 2 is a view in front elevation of the device.

Figure 3 is a view in side elevation of the device, partly in section. f

curely hold the pail and prevent any undue.

The device embodying the invention is made from two pieces of strap ironand the device comprises a member 1 which is formed from such materialso as to provide a straight shank portion 2, ov'erturned at its upperend to provide a hook 3 of approximately semicircular form to engageover one rung of a ladder, from which rung the device and pail attachedthereto are supported. The lower end of the shank 2 is deflected at anobtuse angle as indicated by the numeral 4: and this portion is formedwith a threaded opening 5 and a screw 6 having a winged head 7 which isadjustably threaded through the opening.

The other member of the device is formed of a material referred toabove, and comprises a shank portion 8 which is disposed against thatside of the -shank portion 2 of'the member 1 from which the hook3extends, and a member, last referred to, comprises, in addition to theshank portion 8, a clamp portion 9 which extends at an obtuse angle tothe portion 8. Rivets 10 are secured through the shank portions 2 and 8to the two members and serve to hold the same assembled with each other.As will be observed by reference to F igure 1, the device is tobemounted .upon a ladder by engaging its hook 3 with a rung of the ladderand before the device is so engaged, the upper portion of the wall ofthe pail to be suspended is inserted between the portions 4 and 9 of thetwo members 1 and 8, and the screw 6 is then tightened so as to causethe inner end thereof to bind this por- 80 tion of the pailA against theclamping member 9.

From the foregoing description of the invention it will be seen that apail is supported in the most effective manner and with the greatestdegree of security, by the device embodying the invention, and in suchposition, with respect to the ladder, as to enable the painter toreadily take up paint on his paint brush, from the pail.

What I elaim is:

A pail holder comprising a shank member having one end curved to form ahook and the opposite end portion thereof di'sposed at an angle to theintermediate portion of the shank, a set screw threaded through saidangularly dispose'd porton, a second shank member attached at one end tothe intermediate portion of the first mentioned shank member and havingan angularly disposed clamp portion spaced from and parallel with theangularly disposed end portion of the first mentioned shan-k menffloer.VU

In testmony whereof I afix my signature.

REUEL S. ROWE.

